Upgrading and Fixing PCs for Dummies
6th Edition
Published on 29. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 408 pages
978-0-7645-1665-8 (ISBN)
Description
As new PC sales have leveled off, PC usage has not. More and more users are looking for inexpensive ways to update their old computers with the latest and greatest of PC technology. This book focuses on the essential upgrades and repairs novice users generally make. With Coverage of the tools needed, basic hardware, and how to make fixes via software, this book provides the reader everything he or she needs to know to get to work upgrading a home PC.
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Edition
6., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Foster City
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-1665-8 (9780764516658)
Schweitzer Classification
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Andy Rathbone
Upgrading & Fixing PCs For Dummies
Book
05/2007
7th Edition
Wiley
€19.90
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Andy Rathbone
Upgrading and Fixing PCs for Dummies
Book
06/2000
5th Edition
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
€43.51
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Person
Andy Rathbone's For Dummies guides to Windows are the bestselling computer books of all time. He is also the author of MP3 For Dummies.
Content
Introduction. PART 1: Boring, Basic Repairs. Chapter 1: Start Here First. Chapter 2: Keyboards, Mice, and Joysticks. Chapter 3: Tweaking the Monitor. Chapter 4: Printers (Those Paper Wasters). PART II: The Scary Stuff Inside the Case. Chapter 5: Power Supplies. Chapter 6: Playing with Cards. Chapter 7: Memory Stuff You Wish You Could Forget. Chapter 8: Hard Drives and Floppy Drives. PART III: Adding the Fun Toys. Chapter 9: Digital Cameras and DV Camcorders. Chapter 10: The Dirt on Scanners. Chapter 11: Playing with CD and DVD Drives. Chapter 12: Sounds Good to Me. PART IV: Communications and Networking. Chapter 13: Mucked--Up Modems. Chapter 14: Networks for the Needy. Chapter 15: Filtering Out Evil with Firewalls. PART V: Notifying Windows XP That You've Made Changes. Chapter 16: Hiring the Right Driver for Windows. Chapter 17: Installing or Upgrading to Windows XP. Chapter 18: Moving from the Old PC to the New One. PART VI: Fixing Software. Chapter 19: Troubleshooting and Fixing Windows XP. Chapter 20: Handling Windows XP's Incompatibilities. Chapter 21: Repairing Virus Damage. Chapter 22: Finding Help Online. PART VII: The Part of Tens. Chapter 23: Ten (Or So) Cheap Fixes to Try First. Chapter 24: Ten Handy Upgrade Tools. Chapter 25: (Nearly) Ten Upgrade Do's and Donuts. Appendix: The Rathbone Reference of Fine Ports. Index.